arXiv
Open Access
2017
A philosophical argument against time machines
Juliano C. S. Neves
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Time machines are predictions of Einstein's theory of general relativity and provide a myriad of unsolved paradoxes. Convincing and general arguments against time machines and their paradoxes are missing in physics and philosophy so far. In this article, a philosophical argument against time machines is given. When thought of as a process, individuation refuses the idea of time machines, in particular travels into the past. With the aid of Nietzsche-Heraclitus' philosophy of becoming and Simondon's notion of process of individuation, I propose that time machines are modern fables, created by the man of $\textit{ressentiment}$. In the $\textit{amor fati}$ formula of Nietzsche, I suggest the antipode to time machines.
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Juliano C. S. Neves
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